shellfishgene's Journal

Dear All,

Firstly, thank you so much for the positive messages of support for this competition. We've had a great first day and we're actually on course to beat Hong Kong's totals for the City Nature Challenge last April!

As mentioned before, a big part of this project is to nurture student's awareness, engagement and enthusiasm for Hong Kong's amazing biodiversity and to help them contribute to our growing urban biodiversity database. There may inevitably be (and there have been!!!!) pictures of poor quality, inaccurate identifications and maybe even the odd selfie (!!!) yet, if you wish to leave a comment for them, please be constructive, encouraging and positive. For example: That's a great pic! Keep Going! Next time, try zooming in a little bit more, it would really help us to identify it!.

They more they know, the more they will care.

Also, please join the Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge project and help our students!

Thankyou!
Shaun

Details: www.hkiscnc.org

@hkmoths @colinchiu @portioid @morimami @sunnetchan @thui @robotpie @barthelemy @juhakinnunen @wongun @johnallcock @sunwenhao90 @cynthiayau @aru @borisb @briangooding @hugoto @depamine @johnascher @rajibmaulick @charliev @game-shaker @edanko @andrewhardacre @kokaho @oryzias @kokhuitan @bonds @wkcheng71 @taewoo @sk2 @gancw1 @garyckk @hecate @stephenmatthews @xoni @mathewwan @kevinlaurie @chanddgreen @hokoonwong @biobank-lantauhk @caltonlaw @yuetfungling @hollythefrog @ineni @vitalfranz @john8 @hoiling @ritafoo @wingcarrie @maractwin @jkfoon @pihlaviita @holly_lee @bobbyfingers @americorp_jeffrey @loarie @faifaifai @treegrow @jsclough @cherrycheung @lisa_bennett @ivanllam @techieoldfox @kemper @greg3ph @kevinho @mrfish33 @manojsamuelgrg @shellfishgene @hfb @paulballuff @pdfuenteb @kaysonlo @anilamanalil @sterling @yanny3 @dhobern @tommyswift @alex_cicindela_guy @calvinleung1226 @wildcreatures @kachuncheung @louisayip @choisum @carmenor @mikegigliotti @susanhewitt @susanna_h @wolfgang_wuster @glmory @claasdamken @lek @ferox_formicae @marcelfinlay @raphaelysan @shuanda @babyblublu @zoeyc2001 @ida11 @kestrel @lhiggins @jennahm

Dear All,

We have had a FANTASTIC first day!!!

At 9am this morning, you had logged a combined total of 5886 observations from 518 observers with 685 species logged. This surpasses the 4-day City Nature Challenge 2018 observation/observer totals of Miami, Tokyo, London, Mumbai and Rio......all on your first day of competition!!!!!

This is an AMAZING effort! Here are some more targets for you if you're interested!

City Nature Challenge 2018 Observation Totals (4 days):

6985: Chicago, USA
8094: Bogota, Colombia
9533: Bristol/Bath, UK

City Nature Challenge 2018 Observers (4 days):

531: New York, USA
688: Klang Valley, Malaysia
767: Hong Kong (!!)

Keep Going!! :)

Dear All,

This is a little update on what's happening!

Observations for this competition will stop at midnight tonight (8th Nov, HK Time).
We are truly amazed by the response we've had!

Now, they will have 5 days to add an identification to their observations and to 'tidy up' their projects then I will do the final Observations, Species and Observers count.

I have told the teachers that it would help the iNaturalist community if their students added some sort of ID to their pictures, especially to those that have no ID yet e.g. 'Insect', 'Bird' 'Beetle' in the 'What did you see?' section. We would really appreciate it if you could continue IDing these observations whenever you can. :)

I have also asked them to delete the following:
1) Domestic Animals e.g. Dogs, Cats,
2) Selfies
3) Indoor potted plants (including greenhouse plants).
4) Small outdoor potted plants

For plants, I have mentioned that a good rule would be to look at the observation and ask 'Is this part of the urban habitat?' 'Does this plant interact with other organisms?'. If the answer is No, then it must be deleted. They know that I, and other iNaturalist users, can not delete these pictures, only the Observer can.

I have also stressed the importance of iNaturalist as a fantastic database of global biodiversity and we all have a responsibility to make sure that this database remains valid and relevant, otherwise the database will be diluted. I'm sure many of our participants will do their best.

For all of you that have spent your time and energy offering IDs for our students competing in this challenge, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks. We never expected this many observations (a HUGE understatement!!!) or observers yet I'm sure that some of the comments and IDs that you have given will empower some of our participants to continue this journey.

Thankyou.

Project: www.inaturalist.org/projects/hong-kong-inter-school-city-nature-challenge
Details: www.hkiscnc.org

@hkmoths @colinchiu @portioid @morimami @sunnetchan @thui @robotpie @barthelemy @juhakinnunen @wongun @johnallcock @sunwenhao90 @cynthiayau @aru @borisb @briangooding @hugoto @depamine @johnascher @rajibmaulick @charliev @game-shaker @edanko @andrewhardacre @kokaho @oryzias @kokhuitan @bonds @wkcheng71 @taewoo @sk2 @gancw1 @garyckk @hecate @stephenmatthews @xoni @mathewwan @kevinlaurie @chanddgreen @hokoonwong @biobank-lantauhk @caltonlaw @yuetfungling @hollythefrog @ineni @vitalfranz @john8 @hoiling @ritafoo @wingcarrie @maractwin @jkfoon @pihlaviita @holly_lee @bobbyfingers @americorp_jeffrey @loarie @faifaifai @treegrow @jsclough @cherrycheung @lisa_bennett @ivanllam @techieoldfox @kemper @greg3ph @kevinho @mrfish33 @manojsamuelgrg @shellfishgene @hfb @paulballuff @pdfuenteb @kaysonlo @anilamanalil @sterling @yanny3 @dhobern @tommyswift @alex_cicindela_guy @calvinleung1226 @wildcreatures @kachuncheung @louisayip @choisum @carmenor @mikegigliotti @susanhewitt @susanna_h @wolfgang_wuster @glmory @claasdamken @lek @ferox_formicae @marcelfinlay @raphaelysan @shuanda @babyblublu @zoeyc2001 @ida11 @kestrel @lhiggins @jennahm @dickson852 @mrgreenkis

Dear All,

Firstly, WOW!!!!!

I can see that you have all worked incredibly hard over the past 4 days.
We are truly amazed and thankful for all the hard work that you've put in.
It has been a fantastic effort. We are speechless!
........but it's not over yet!!!!

The next steps.... Identification and Deleting

This is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!!!

I am extending the deadline for pulling the results by an extra day. It will now be 6pm, Tuesday 13th November. You have 5 days in which to add an identification to your observations and to 'tidy up' your projects then I will do the final Observations, Species and Observers count.

On iNaturalist, this can be done on the computer and the app. You could even set this for homework!!! :D

As previously mentioned, it would help the iNaturalist community if your students added some sort of ID to their pictures, especially to those that have no ID yet. ID's like 'Insect', 'Bird' 'Beetle' in the 'What did you see?' section will help a lot to give your students more engagement with other users on iNaturalist.

In the spirit of the competition, please ask your participants to delete the following:
1) Domestic Animals e.g. Dogs, Cats,
2) Selfies
3) Indoor potted plants (including greenhouse plants).
4) Small outdoor potted plants

For plants, a good rule would be to look at the observation and ask 'Is this part of the urban habitat?' 'Does this plant interact with other organisms?'. If the answer is No, then it must be deleted. We, and other iNaturalist users, can not delete these pictures, only the Observer can. PLEASE encourage your participants to do so.

iNaturalist is a fantastic database of global biodiversity and we all have a responsibility to make sure that this database remains valid and relevant, otherwise the database will be diluted. I am sure you will agree that this is VERY IMPORTANT.

Your students can do this on the computer by logging on and clicking 'Observations'.
Click on an observation and click 'Edit'. Then hit 'delete'.
On the phone, it will be similar.

Good Luck!!!

Dear All,

Firstly, WOW!!!!!

I can see that you have all worked incredibly hard over the past 4 days.
We are truly amazed and thankful for all the hard work that you've put in.
It has been a fantastic effort. We are speechless!
........but it's not over yet!!!!

The next steps.... Identification and Deleting

This is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!!!

I am extending the deadline for pulling the results by an extra day. It will now be 6pm, Tuesday 13th November. You have 5 days in which to add an identification to your observations and to 'tidy up' your projects then I will do the final Observations, Species and Observers count.

On iNaturalist, this can be done on the computer and the app. You could even set this for homework!!! :D

As previously mentioned, it would help the iNaturalist community if your students added some sort of ID to their pictures, especially to those that have no ID yet. ID's like 'Insect', 'Bird' 'Beetle' in the 'What did you see?' section will help a lot to give your students more engagement with other users on iNaturalist.

In the spirit of the competition, please ask your participants to delete the following:
1) Domestic Animals e.g. Dogs, Cats,
2) Selfies
3) Indoor potted plants (including greenhouse plants).
4) Small outdoor potted plants

For plants, a good rule would be to look at the observation and ask 'Is this part of the urban habitat?' 'Does this plant interact with other organisms?'. If the answer is No, then it must be deleted. We, and other iNaturalist users, can not delete these pictures, only the Observer can. PLEASE encourage your participants to do so.

iNaturalist is a fantastic database of global biodiversity and we all have a responsibility to make sure that this database remains valid and relevant, otherwise the database will be diluted. I am sure you will agree that this is VERY IMPORTANT.

Your students can do this on the computer by logging on and clicking 'Observations'.
Click on an observation and click 'Edit'. Then hit 'delete'.
On the phone, it will be similar.

Good Luck!
Shaun

Dear All,

Firstly, WOW!!!!!

I can see that you have all worked incredibly hard over the past 4 days.
We are truly amazed and thankful for all the hard work that you've put in.
It has been a fantastic effort. We are speechless!
........but it's not over yet!!!!

The next steps.... Identification and Deleting

This is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!!!

I am extending the deadline for pulling the results by an extra day. It will now be 6pm, Tuesday 13th November. You have 5 days in which to add an identification to your observations and to 'tidy up' your projects then I will do the final Observations, Species and Observers count.

On iNaturalist, this can be done on the computer and the app. You could even set this for homework!!! :D

As previously mentioned, it would help the iNaturalist community if your students added some sort of ID to their pictures, especially to those that have no ID yet. ID's like 'Insect', 'Bird' 'Beetle' in the 'What did you see?' section will help a lot to give your students more engagement with other users on iNaturalist.

In the spirit of the competition, please ask your participants to delete the following:
1) Domestic Animals e.g. Dogs, Cats,
2) Selfies
3) Indoor potted plants (including greenhouse plants).
4) Small outdoor potted plants

For plants, a good rule would be to look at the observation and ask 'Is this part of the urban habitat?' 'Does this plant interact with other organisms?'. If the answer is No, then it must be deleted. We, and other iNaturalist users, can not delete these pictures, only the Observer can. PLEASE encourage your participants to do so.

iNaturalist is a fantastic database of global biodiversity and we all have a responsibility to make sure that this database remains valid and relevant, otherwise the database will be diluted. I am sure you will agree that this is VERY IMPORTANT.

Your students can do this on the computer by logging on and clicking 'Observations'.
Click on an observation and click 'Edit'. Then hit 'delete'.
On the phone, it will be similar.

Good Luck!
Shaun

Dear All,

Firstly, WOW!!!!!

I can see that you have all worked incredibly hard over the past 4 days.
We are truly amazed and thankful for all the hard work that you've put in.
It has been a fantastic effort. We are speechless!
........but it's not over yet!!!!

The next steps.... Identification and Deleting

This is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!!!

I am extending the deadline for pulling the results by an extra day. It will now be 6pm, Tuesday 13th November. You have 5 days in which to add an identification to your observations and to 'tidy up' your projects then I will do the final Observations, Species and Observers count.

On iNaturalist, this can be done on the computer and the app. You could even set this for homework!!! :D

As previously mentioned, it would help the iNaturalist community if your students added some sort of ID to their pictures, especially to those that have no ID yet. ID's like 'Insect', 'Bird' 'Beetle' in the 'What did you see?' section will help a lot to give your students more engagement with other users on iNaturalist.

In the spirit of the competition, please ask your participants to delete the following:
1) Domestic Animals e.g. Dogs, Cats,
2) Selfies
3) Indoor potted plants (including greenhouse plants).
4) Small outdoor potted plants

For plants, a good rule would be to look at the observation and ask 'Is this part of the urban habitat?' 'Does this plant interact with other organisms?'. If the answer is No, then it must be deleted. We, and other iNaturalist users, can not delete these pictures, only the Observer can. PLEASE encourage your participants to do so.

iNaturalist is a fantastic database of global biodiversity and we all have a responsibility to make sure that this database remains valid and relevant, otherwise the database will be diluted. I am sure you will agree that this is VERY IMPORTANT.

Your students can do this on the computer by logging on and clicking 'Observations'.
Click on an observation and click 'Edit'. Then hit 'delete'.
On the phone, it will be similar.

Good Luck!
Shaun

Dear All,

Firstly, WOW!!!!!

I can see that you have all worked incredibly hard over the past 4 days.
We are truly amazed and thankful for all the hard work that you've put in.
It has been a fantastic effort. We are speechless!
........but it's not over yet!!!!

The next steps.... Identification and Deleting

This is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!!!

I am extending the deadline for pulling the results by an extra day. It will now be 6pm, Tuesday 13th November. You have 5 days in which to add an identification to your observations and to 'tidy up' your projects then I will do the final Observations, Species and Observers count.

On iNaturalist, this can be done on the computer and the app. You could even set this for homework!!! :D

As previously mentioned, it would help the iNaturalist community if your students added some sort of ID to their pictures, especially to those that have no ID yet. ID's like 'Insect', 'Bird' 'Beetle' in the 'What did you see?' section will help a lot to give your students more engagement with other users on iNaturalist.

In the spirit of the competition, please ask your participants to delete the following:
1) Domestic Animals e.g. Dogs, Cats,
2) Selfies
3) Indoor potted plants (including greenhouse plants).
4) Small outdoor potted plants

For plants, a good rule would be to look at the observation and ask 'Is this part of the urban habitat?' 'Does this plant interact with other organisms?'. If the answer is No, then it must be deleted. We, and other iNaturalist users, can not delete these pictures, only the Observer can. PLEASE encourage your participants to do so.

iNaturalist is a fantastic database of global biodiversity and we all have a responsibility to make sure that this database remains valid and relevant, otherwise the database will be diluted. I am sure you will agree that this is VERY IMPORTANT.

Your students can do this on the computer by logging on and clicking 'Observations'.
Click on an observation and click 'Edit'. Then hit 'delete'.
On the phone, it will be similar.

Good Luck!
Shaun

Dear All,

Firstly, WOW!!!!!

I can see that you have all worked incredibly hard over the past 4 days.
We are truly amazed and thankful for all the hard work that you've put in.
It has been a fantastic effort. We are speechless!
........but it's not over yet!!!!

The next steps.... Identification and Deleting

This is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!!!

I am extending the deadline for pulling the results by an extra day. It will now be 6pm, Tuesday 13th November. You have 5 days in which to add an identification to your observations and to 'tidy up' your projects then I will do the final Observations, Species and Observers count.

On iNaturalist, this can be done on the computer and the app. You could even set this for homework!!! :D

As previously mentioned, it would help the iNaturalist community if your students added some sort of ID to their pictures, especially to those that have no ID yet. ID's like 'Insect', 'Bird' 'Beetle' in the 'What did you see?' section will help a lot to give your students more engagement with other users on iNaturalist.

In the spirit of the competition, please ask your participants to delete the following:
1) Domestic Animals e.g. Dogs, Cats,
2) Selfies
3) Indoor potted plants (including greenhouse plants).
4) Small outdoor potted plants

For plants, a good rule would be to look at the observation and ask 'Is this part of the urban habitat?' 'Does this plant interact with other organisms?'. If the answer is No, then it must be deleted. We, and other iNaturalist users, can not delete these pictures, only the Observer can. PLEASE encourage your participants to do so.

iNaturalist is a fantastic database of global biodiversity and we all have a responsibility to make sure that this database remains valid and relevant, otherwise the database will be diluted. I am sure you will agree that this is VERY IMPORTANT.

Your students can do this on the computer by logging on and clicking 'Observations'.
Click on an observation and click 'Edit'. Then hit 'delete'.
On the phone, it will be similar.

Good Luck!
Shaun

Dear All,

Firstly, WOW!!!!!

I can see that you have all worked incredibly hard over the past 4 days.
We are truly amazed and thankful for all the hard work that you've put in.
It has been a fantastic effort. We are speechless!
........but it's not over yet!!!!

The next steps.... Identification and Deleting

This is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!!!

I am extending the deadline for pulling the results by an extra day. It will now be 6pm, Tuesday 13th November. You have 5 days in which to add an identification to your observations and to 'tidy up' your projects then I will do the final Observations, Species and Observers count.

On iNaturalist, this can be done on the computer and the app. You could even set this for homework!!! :D

As previously mentioned, it would help the iNaturalist community if your students added some sort of ID to their pictures, especially to those that have no ID yet. ID's like 'Insect', 'Bird' 'Beetle' in the 'What did you see?' section will help a lot to give your students more engagement with other users on iNaturalist.

In the spirit of the competition, please ask your participants to delete the following:
1) Domestic Animals e.g. Dogs, Cats,
2) Selfies
3) Indoor potted plants (including greenhouse plants).
4) Small outdoor potted plants

For plants, a good rule would be to look at the observation and ask 'Is this part of the urban habitat?' 'Does this plant interact with other organisms?'. If the answer is No, then it must be deleted. We, and other iNaturalist users, can not delete these pictures, only the Observer can. PLEASE encourage your participants to do so.

iNaturalist is a fantastic database of global biodiversity and we all have a responsibility to make sure that this database remains valid and relevant, otherwise the database will be diluted. I am sure you will agree that this is VERY IMPORTANT.

Your students can do this on the computer by logging on and clicking 'Observations'.
Click on an observation and click 'Edit'. Then hit 'delete'.
On the phone, it will be similar.

Cheers!
Shaun